Just days after Faking It participants Jack and Sameer cooked us a delicious lunch at our workshop day they casually let us know that they were cooking for a certain member of the royal family… I’m sure that the Queen enjoyed their food as much as we did. It is so rewarding for us to [...]
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Jack on sustainability
March 2, 2010 – 12:36 pm
more about “Sustainability“, posted with vodpod
This is the excellent presentation Jack gave on sustainability at our workshop on 19 February. And follow the link if you would like to see the other presentation from the day about Working with Young People.
Monthly Opportunities Roundup: funding, training, networking and resources.
February 25, 2010 – 10:56 am
Monthly opportunities roundup: February 2010
1. Learning Launchpad portfolio member, Future First is recruiting a Project Coordinator— Future First builds alumni networks around schools to advise, inform and inspire young people about careers. Operating in five comprehensive schools in Camden, Future First is now looking for a Project Coordinator to lead operations in these schools as [...]
Fed-up pupils turn to Working Rite
February 3, 2010 – 12:57 pm
The Guardian has done a great feature on our investee Working Rite, recognising their efforts to engage young people through their work-based mentoring programmes. They are taking young people between the ages of 16 and 18 and matching them up with small businesses and trades to learn a skill and find their feet as a [...]
The Learning Revolution
January 22, 2010 – 4:32 pm
Over the new year we got wind of some very exciting news — over the coming months School of Everything is going to be working with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Becta (the guys making sure the UK is technologically innovative in the world of learning) develop an [...]
Fake it to make it
November 30, 2009 – 11:38 am
We know that lack of confidence, aspiration and ‘soft’ skills are often barriers for young people trying to re-enter employment, education or training. We also know that nonparticipation of young people is worse than ever. At the Young Foundation, we aim to develop and support innovative ideas that tackle this issue.
Faking It was a groundbreaking [...]
And the winners are…
November 20, 2009 – 6:12 pm
After receiving 275 applications back in July, we have selected four social enterprises for investment.
We believe these guys have what it takes to change the way young people learn in Britain. What do you think?
Space Unlimited
Heather Sim is the founder of Space Unlimited, the UK’s most unusual consultancy where teenagers are the consultants! Space Unlimited [...]
Working Rite win Conservatives’ support
October 6, 2009 – 5:42 pm
We heard earlier today that Learning Launchpad investee, Working Rite had been highlighted by the Tories’ work and pensions guru, Lord David Freud. Given that all the polls suggest the next government will be a Conservative one, this is pretty exciting news for Working Rite and the social entrepreneur behind it all, Sandy Campbell.
Addressing party [...]
Working Rite scoops a Centre for Social Justice award…
July 3, 2009 – 12:42 pm
Big news for our investee Working Rite, whose Director Sandy Campbell is pictured below addressing an awards audience this week!
The CSJ awards ceremony raises awareness of the work of some of Britain’s many exceptional charities, faith-based organisations and good causes who wage a war on social breakdown and poverty. This year they attracted nearly 400 [...]
Faking it @ Number 10!
May 13, 2009 – 5:06 pm
Two participants of a Learning Launchpad-funded project were invited for breakfast this morning with Gordon Brown just weeks after taking part in Faking It, a two-week transformative programme for young unemployed people based on the TV programme created by RDF media.
Jack Stone and Sameer Shahzada were part of a group of 11 young people who [...]
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